This assignment is based on the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) case from the course packet. The...

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This assignment is based on the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) case from the course packet. The process flow diagram of the current process at Receiving Plant No.1 (RP1) is shown on the next page. Some additional information about National Cranberry: - - - - - On a typical busy day there are 17,280 bbl arriving evenly over the 12-hr period (7am to 7pm). This is based on a typical busy day in September. All operations at RP1 start at 7am. Wet berries are 75% of all berries. Holding bins 17-24 are dedicated to wet berries. It takes a dumper on average 7.5 minutes to dump a truck. A truck holds on average 75 bbl. | The process is approximately a continuous flow" type. Cranberry processors (shown as boxes in the process flow diagram) hold negligible amount of inventory compared to what bins and trucks (shown as triangles in the process flow diagram) can hold. Drivers are paid $100/hr. Problem 1 Evaluate the capacity (C) of each resource in the current process at RP1. Mark the capacity, maximum contents of the bins, and the demand arrival rates in the process flow diagram. Problem 2 On a busy day, what is RP1's current maximum hourly throughput rate (i.e., output rate)? Problem 3 On a busy day, by what time can RP1 finish the day's work? Problem 4 NCC has recently purchased a fifth Kiwanee dumper at RP1. Do you think this is a good purchase? This assignment is based on the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) case from the course packet. The process flow diagram of the current process at Receiving Plant No.1 (RP1) is shown on the next page. Some additional information about National Cranberry: - - - - - On a typical busy day there are 17,280 bbl arriving evenly over the 12-hr period (7am to 7pm). This is based on a typical busy day in September. All operations at RP1 start at 7am. Wet berries are 75% of all berries. Holding bins 17-24 are dedicated to wet berries. It takes a dumper on average 7.5 minutes to dump a truck. A truck holds on average 75 bbl. | The process is approximately a continuous flow" type. Cranberry processors (shown as boxes in the process flow diagram) hold negligible amount of inventory compared to what bins and trucks (shown as triangles in the process flow diagram) can hold. Drivers are paid $100/hr. Problem 1 Evaluate the capacity (C) of each resource in the current process at RP1. Mark the capacity, maximum contents of the bins, and the demand arrival rates in the process flow diagram. Problem 2 On a busy day, what is RP1's current maximum hourly throughput rate (i.e., output rate)? Problem 3 On a busy day, by what time can RP1 finish the day's work? Problem 4 NCC has recently purchased a fifth Kiwanee dumper at RP1. Do you think this is a good purchase?